Locality
13°15´45" east longitude, 53°33´42" north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Gravel pit Hinterste Mühle near Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, Europa

Geological relevance of location
Peat layer from a gravel pit. This peat is important with regard to vegetation history because of the far east situation of the outcrop and the rich macro flora with Hazelnut, leafs from Oak and Hornbeam.

Classification of the earth

Structure	peat
Colour	black
Age	Eemian, end of the interglacial, Pinus phase, ca 120,000 years

Donor

Dr. Jaqueline Strahl,
 Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Office Berlin,
 Germany